Wednesday, April 21, 2010

random thoughts on thrifting

Garage sales and outdoor markets are starting up for the year and I am soooooooooo...

...ooooooo excited.

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I seriously think I have issues. There are a few things that I cannot pass up buying, and old books is one of them. Do I need them?? no. Do I HAVE to have them because they are 50¢....YES!

-The Running of the Tide: I bought it because it was in good shape, a good color, and I am still obsessing over that font!

-The Yellow Boat. It is adorable. They boy loved reading it, and I loved the cute illustrations.

-Cowboy Tommy. (1933!!) It is so cute. And so politically incorrect it's hilarious (right now we're at the part where Tommy meets the Indian family:)

-What Will We Eat Today? I collect old cookbooks. And I loved the lady on the front.

Roy Rogers. uhhh....ok I bought it for the sole purpose that is was cute.

You guys. What if I become a hoarder??

Someone call Oprah.

But I have no regrets after buying this little red chair to go with the boy's (previously thrifted) little blue desk. (although I do regret not making his bed before I took this photo, whoops, and 3 years later I am still terribly regretting that sickening paint color....)

So, in conclusion:

1. I get really excited when I see junk out in peoples yards.

2. I may or may not become a hoarder someday, because I can't say no to cheap adorable books (really though, when do I stop....I will not just pass them up...do I sell them?? my mom just laughed at that)

15 comments:

YAY! Thrifting! I am off to the great little thrift stores near my house today with my mom and sister. Oh, and books. I love them too! But aren't we allowed to buy as many as we can when they are a QUARTER?! I mean, come on. The kids books are my absolute favorite and the icing on the cake is when I find one with an inscription in it! :) I love books with history. Happy thrifting!

love it! We live in Rexburg going to BYU-I and we love at the end of the semesters. We go dumpster diving! You should check out our pictures! http://smithsavings.blogspot.com/2010/01/dumpster-diving.html

I love thrifting, but I need help!!! I'm from so. ca. where you just had to walk out your front door to find a good garage sale. Now I live in a community where they are few and far between. Where are some great flea markets to start with in sl?

If only we were all obsessed with design blogs three years ago, maybe we would have known to keep are walls clean and light. I have the same color in my toy room. Seriously the same. And mine was only two years ago, so I have a lesser excuse.

in conclusion--- even if you have green walls you're a hipster. Because you have a rad blog, rad hair, and rad photos.

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